Quick fixes for the the 2005 season

[dcobbett]

Trayder,

It's a shame you lost the progress pics, but any chance you could post some current shots showing what the back end of your 20 looks like from the inside? I'm interested in how you did the side rails, modified the corner access hatch "boxes" and finished the inside of the hull.
Last night, I bought a 1976 20 that I will be picking up later this month, and I've always thought that a solution/mod like the one you are showing (partially, anyway) would be a good setup in that hull.

[Trayder]

Other Tom-

Great to hear from you, you just wait untill you see your title....I never knew you were shaking your head at the Suzuki decision. hmmmmmm would you like any stock tips? Twin 250 Suzuki 4s on your Whitewater may be the ticket. Here is a picture of a splashed 23 SeaCraft that was streched, pulled, bracketed and powered with twin 250 Suzuki's

it floats real nice:


dcobbett-

here are some recent pic of the transom from the inside i will do my best to find the rest of the sets but as I have promised Warthog for over a year its not looking good.

[FELLOW-SHIP]

Ha Jason

Do you know how much they stretched that boat? It looks like it is sitting in the water pretty evenly.
FellowShip

[Trayder]

I do not know excact numbers but I think Joey and Reel Smoker do, the boat is at the Hurricane Hole in KW.

Off the top of my feeble mind I recal 2-3 feet fore/aft and 1 foot on the beam?

I also remember the boat came from South America and there is/was a mold of it in Key West?

[dcobbett]

Trayder,

Thanks for those pictures. Hope you find the rest of them. I'd like to see more.
When you did the new transom, I assume you went to 25" height, correct?
Did you raise the height of the new deck as well? The reason I'm asking is because I'm impressed with teh Suzuki 140 and I've been on 2 SeaCrafts this season with original decks and heavy motors (Honda 130 4S and a 150 Optimax-both weigh the same or more than the 140 Suzuki) and they didn't seem to have wet decks (both hulls had the ping pong ball type scuppers).
Regarding the top rail, looks like you essentially cut off the bottom portion of the inner liner (leaving a 2"-3" downturned flange), tied that structure into the new configuration at the transom, and added padded bolsters, correct? Do you think you lost any degree of stiffness in the hull's topsides or overall structure?

[Trayder]

Yes, I raised the Transom to 25" and I raised the deck 3"

As for the innerliner yes, I took a skill saw and ripped it out 4" below the top deck all the way around. I had to add to where the original rod lockers were and I built in 2 thwartship bulkeads that run through the entire middle of the boat and come up to the deck cap on each side. (see midships where the inspection plates are, just aft of the hawse pipes?)

I also have other bulkeads under the deck that can bee seen in the series where the original boat only had 4 stringers and then relied on the deck/innerliner to tie it together.

No, I did not lose any stiffness.

[oldbluesplayer]

I'm lovin the pix of the stern interior -

CSN and I have a seperate discussion ongoing about mods to the rear end of the 20' seafari - I would love to see more detailed pix of the inside stern of yours - looks like you had the same outboard notch size as mine, and your design could be directly applicable to mine.

thanks

Bill

[Ed]

Speaking of stretched, and widened Seacrafts....what ever happened to that guy in Connecticut that split a 23 down the middle and was widenening it to 8'6" and stretching it to 25'???? Last I recall, it was a 5 year project....but have not heard anything in the last couple of years.

[Trayder]

Ed- good question

there is a member here "noankbill" who has a similar boat but i do not think it the the infamous 5 year project stretched 23?